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Webster 1913 Edition
Fluid
Flu′id
(flū′ĭd)
, Adj.
Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
Flu′id
,Noun.
A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.
Fluid dram
, or Fluid drachm
a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
– Fluid ounce
. (a)
In the United States, a measure of capacity, in apothecaries’ or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains.
(b)
In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains.
– Fluids of the body
. (Physiol.)
The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water.
– Burning fluid
, Elastic fluid
, Electric fluid
, Magnetic fluid
, etc. Webster 1828 Edition
Fluid
FLU'ID
,Adj.
FLU'ID
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Fluid
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See also: Fluid
English
Noun
fluid (countable and uncountable, plural fluids)
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:
- An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
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Translations
any state of matter which can flow
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Derived terms
Adjective
fluid (comparative more fluid, superlative most fluid)
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
- Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.
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- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
Translations
of or relating to fluid
in a state of flux; subject to change
moving smoothly
convertible into cash
Related terms
Catalan
Adjective
fluid m (feminine fluida, masculine plural fluids, feminine plural fluides)
Noun
fluid m (plural fluids)
German
Adjective
fluid (not comparable)
Synonyms
Declension
Declension of fluid
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist fluid | sie ist fluid | es ist fluid | sie sind fluid | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | fluider | fluide | fluides | fluide |
| genitive | fluiden | fluider | fluiden | fluider | |
| dative | fluidem | fluider | fluidem | fluiden | |
| accusative | fluiden | fluide | fluides | fluide | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fluide | die fluide | das fluide | die fluiden |
| genitive | des fluiden | der fluiden | des fluiden | der fluiden | |
| dative | dem fluiden | der fluiden | dem fluiden | den fluiden | |
| accusative | den fluiden | die fluide | das fluide | die fluiden | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein fluider | eine fluide | ein fluides | (keine) fluiden |
| genitive | eines fluiden | einer fluiden | eines fluiden | (keiner) fluiden | |
| dative | einem fluiden | einer fluiden | einem fluiden | (keinen) fluiden | |
| accusative | einen fluiden | eine fluide | ein fluides | (keine) fluiden | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid or fluider, definite plural fluida or fluidene)
- a fluid
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “fluid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid, definite plural fluida)
- a fluid
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “fluid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.